Tribulations on the way to Cherbourg, 19-20 August

The segment Dunkirk to Cherbourg is 180 nautical miles long (334 km) initially along the coast until the Cap Gris-Nez, then along the cargo ship traffic corridor in the Dover Straight, the 30 km large passage between England and France, and finally straight to Cherbourg in a quite deserted area until you reach the "Le Havre" corridor. It should have taken us around 36 hours at an average speed around 6 knots. It took us more than 41...

On the map, you can see numerous marks indicating wrecked ships. At the end of the journey, we understood why...

Belisama back to France, Dunkirk, 17 August

The journey from Den Helder to Dunkirk was 152 miles long, when planned on the plotter, a 30+ hour ride with the expected back reach winds. This was without counting with a few encounters along the way...

First encounter, the cloud below:

Arcus cloud

Guess what happen when you encounter such things...